CNN is reporting President Barack Obama called the nine deaths in the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting “senseless murders” Thursday, and suggested more gun control was needed in the wake of the incident. R...
A white man walked into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic African-American church in Charleston, and opened fire during a Bible study class, killing nine people Wednesday evening. The shooter was there for abo...
Tensions are high in the Dominican Republic, and communities around the world are watching. The deadline for Dominicans of Haitian descent to produce paperwork to apply for legal residency has passed, and many are worried about wh...
The Dominican diaspora is responding to the news that the Dominican Republic (DR) is deporting Haitians born in the DR by protesting against the measure. In 2013, the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic summarily “stripped” Do...
Nigel Roberts of The Root is reporting the city of San Antonio, TX has elected Ivy Taylor as its first African American mayor. Taylor won a close runoff election against a Hispanic opponent, Letitia Van de Putte, in a Hispanic-maj...
The Nation is reporting that the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic has summarily “stripped” Dominicans born to Haitian parents of their citizenship. Some argue that they are not being “stripped” of an...
The YMCA has launched the National Water Safety Program in an effort to curtail the unnecessary deaths of youth caused by drowning. The initiative was started after data collected by the USA Swimming Foundation indicated that 70 p...
Variety is reporting that Danielle Brooks, best known for her role as Taystee in Orange is the New Black (OITNB), will be making her Broadway debut alongside Jennifer Hudson and British actress Cynthia Erivo in the musical version...
Old Dominion Bar Association (ODBA), the oldest statewide predominantly African-American bar association in the nation, will celebrate its 75th anniversary May 28-31, 2015, in Richmond, Virginia. For 75 years, ODBA has served as V...
Speaking with CCTV America’s Mike Walter, The Burton Wire‘s founder & editor-in-chief Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. discusses the uprisings in Baltimore and the socio-economic factors contributing to the ongoing challeng...
